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"I wrote a small blog about the need for this very thing about two years ago, my idea was to create a civic/secular holiday draped in our early culture, but devoid of the supernatural, and called by the holiday's original name in English; Yule.…"

Who doesn't enjoy celebrating xmas, which happened to originate long before the christians claimed it? Share how you love to celebrate at this time of year. Recipes, decorations, crafts, ideas for gifts, winter tales, can be found here.See More

"Neal, good points, I totally with you on holding these extremist groups to the fire, what they are doing is not free speech but using threat and intimidation to affect another's action or potential action. I was thinking more of the legacy…"

"Neal, good points, I'm totally with you on holding these extremist groups to the fire, what they are doing is not free speech but using threat and intimidation to affect another's action or potential action. I was thinking more of the…"

"I think it is a very valid point that you have raised and I strongly believe that criticizing religions and religious figures should be protected by freedom of speech. This is primarily because of the fact that religion itself has and still causes…"

Whether it be the South Park episode or the venerated Lars Vilks who has risked life and limb to exercise his artistic freedom, artists, journalists, and people of the liberal tradition everywhere are being threatened with death or bodily harm for exercising a fundamental human right, the right to freely express one's own point of…See More

Darwin Penda's Blog

Anthropa is a concept to bring a positive and active Humanism to the fore, somewhere between UUism and Humanism, where we can celebrate our several cultures that bind and enrich us with Humanism supplanting superstition; and with hope, to provide and enlightenment charity and outreach to the community at large. If you've been to far too many group meetings where the focus is on bashing the superstitious rather than celebrating life, love and nature,… Continue

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Hey Darwin!! Yep, I'm a fellow UU - and I'm an atheist and humanist as well ;) I just really love communing with others who accept me as an Atheist, dont try to "convert" me, and are firm believers in the democratic process. Oh, and I really love the "7 Principles". Finally, I like the way RE is conducted for my kids (I have five!) - teach them about the major religions in a objective manner. I also used to teach "Neighboring Faiths", which I really LOVE teaching.

Hi! Thanks for the invite. :) It is sad how many people require counseling because of a strict religious upbringing. I guess that it is just another way that the true detrimental nature of religion is exposed.